Cyrtodactylus khasiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gekkonoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Gekkota Infraordo: Gekkomorpha Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Genus: Cyrtodactylus
Species: Cyrtodactylus khasiensis

Name

Cyrtodactylus khasiensis (Jerdon, 1870)

• Lectotype: BMNH 1906.8.10.4 (former ZSIK 6198), adult ♀, collected by T.C. Jerdon in 1870, exchanged from the Indian Museum (ZSIK) in 1906. [designated by Agarwal et al. (2018: 337)]
• Type locality: “Khasi Hills”, Meghalaya state, India.
• Paralectotypes (2): ZSIK 6199, adult ♀, and ZSIK 6197, adult ♂, same data as the lectotype.

Combinations

• Pentadactylus khasiensis Jerdon, 1870: 75 [original combination]
• Gymnodactylus khasiensis — Anderson, 1871: 162 [subsequent combination]
• Cyrtodactylus khasiensis — Underwood, 1954 [subsequent combination]
• Gonydactylus khasiensis — Kluge, 1991 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Jerdon, T.C. 1870. Notes on Indian Herpetology. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1870: 66–85. BHL Reference page. 
• Agarwal, I., Mahony, S., Giri, V.B., Chaitanya, R. & Bauer, A.M. 2018. Two new species of bent toed geckos, Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Northeast India with comments on name-bearing types from the region. Zootaxa 4420(3): 334–356. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.3.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Cyrtodactylus khasiensis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 4 April 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Khasi Hills bent-toed Gecko